Expanded meeting of the Federal Taxation Service Board

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in an expanded meeting of the Federal Taxation Service Board.

November 20, 2015

11:30

Moscow

This year marks the Russian Taxation
Service’s 25th anniversary. The Federal Taxation Service held an expanded meeting on the eve of the tax service workers’ professional holiday,
Tax Authority Workers’ Day, which is marked on November 21, to discuss the service’s
results and its tasks ahead.

In his remarks at the meeting, Mr
IvanovIvanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport called on the service to continue improving its work methods and look
for new forms of working with taxpayers. The service needs to continue
expanding the use of modern information technology and tax administration
methods in its work with taxpayers. “There is no question that this will have a positive impact on the business climate in Russia, help to develop a healthy
competitive environment, and allow honest Russian and foreign taxpayers to feel
more comfortable within our legal framework,” Mr Ivanov said.

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Mr Ivanov noted that cooperation
between the different agencies must become more effective. This work aims to prevent and detect tax crimes and money laundering, and this requires continued
exchange of analytical information, including information on assessment of existing and potential risks in the tax area.

Mr Ivanov said that the service
continues to play an essential role in timely, proper and full collection of tax revenue into the budgets at all levels and carries out a number of other
important functions. Mr Ivanov noted too that the overall number of away
inspections carried out by the Taxation Service has fallen, but each inspection
carried out is now more effective in its results.

Mr Ivanov also read out a message of congratulations from the President on the tax authority workers’ professional
holiday.